June 2025: Continuous learning is the real competitive advantage for AI adoption

Every day tools are evolving—your team’s AI skills should too

Each week brings a new AI tool reshaping job descriptions across every department. AI agents are the latest evolution, transforming workflows from software development to customer support [learn more in the 2025 Work Trend Index Annual Report]. 

Each advancement unlocks new possibilities but also brings a new learning curve and set of expectations. According to LinkedIn Learning Workplace Report 2025, 70% of today's in-demand skills will change by 2030. For organizations, this represents a chance to align skill-building with the future of work—and turn change into a competitive advantage.  

This is the moment to invest in AI learning that scales. We believe that building AI fluency means offering timely, relevant learning that compounds like interest and brings theory to life.

Our role in empowering scalable AI skill-building

In our experience, the most successful AI learning programs are the ones that feel achievable—starting small and building meaningful steps aligned to each team’s role and workflow. That’s the kind of learning we’re here to help empower.  

We’re taking a global approach to skill-building, offering multiple layers of support from immersive events like Microsoft AI Skills Fest to modular, role-based plans in our AI learning hub. Whether your teams are exploring AI or deepening their expertise, we have resources to match.

The proof is in the pudding: over the last year, we’ve trained and certified over 23 million people across 200+ countries. That’s not just a number; it’s evidence that learning at scale is possible. 

🧠 Have you or your team discovered their AI superpower through Microsoft learning resources? Share your stories in the comments!

Take it from us: We walk our own AI talk

We wouldn’t ask your team to try something we haven’t tested ourselves. We’ve spent countless hours as customer zero of our own technology—delivering AI learning across our workforce and refining what works. Along the way, we’ve found a few key elements that are true no matter the role or experience level: 

• Clear learning roadmaps on how to explore the latest AI tools, techniques, and advancements are the key to optimizing upskilling efforts. 

• Role-specific content is most effective for understanding how to use AI in the context of their daily workflows.  

• Effective, scalable learning environments blend self-paced learning, interactive training, and shared exploration across teams.  

📚 Want the full playbook? Download our “10 Best Practices to Accelerate Your Employees’ AI Skills” e-book or check out the infographic for TL;DR version.

From best practices to better tools, meet your new AI learning assistant

For those that don’t know, Microsoft Learn has an AI-powered assistant called Ask Learn that personalizes assistance as you progress through training and documentation. It helps you understand concepts, troubleshoot, and discover relevant resources in real-time, so you can build skills that matter faster. 

Picture this: you’re midway through the Develop an AI app with the Azure AI Foundry SDK Microsoft Learn module and trying to understand projects and how to use the Python SDK. Instead of toggling between tabs, open the Ask Learn chat to get real-time concept guidance using prompts like:  

1. “What’s the difference between available project connections in Azure AI Foundry?” 
2. “Can you show me an example of how to use the Python SDK to connect to Azure AI Foundry?” 

With Ask Learn, you don’t have to wait on peers for guidance or search for the right section—it brings information to you, based on what you’re trying to accomplish, and refines its responses as you learn. Think of it as your AI-powered learning assistant who never clocks out. 

🧠Test drive Ask Learn by asking it questions about a project you’re working on or for guidance in your favorite Microsoft Learn training topic, then let us know which worked like magic and what made the lightbulb finally click!

AI fluency doesn’t happen overnight, it happens by design

Like your tech stack, your workforce requires continuous upgrades. Whether you’re managing code wizards or marketing mavens, accelerating learning is the difference between leading the market and eating digital dust. 

The secret sauce? Breaking learning into bite-sized pieces that slide right into the workday. When information floods in like a fire hose, the winning strategy is structured, role-based learning that builds momentum one skill at a time.  

📚 Explore our 5 Key Considerations for Empowering Your Teams with Skill-Building paper to level up your team’s tech game and subscribe to The Spark for your periodic dose of skill-building brilliance.